Web drive and image host for your own S3-compatible bucket, with share links, WebDAV and team spaces
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Self-hosted alternatives to Dropbox
Dropbox is a cloud storage service for storing, syncing and sharing files across devices. One listed app does its main job and runs in your own Cloudflare account.
Each answer comes from the app’s README and source code, compared with the features Dropbox describes on its own site.
Dropbox features, app by app
| Feature | ZPan |
|---|---|
| Store files online and open them from any device | Yes |
| Desktop app that syncs a local folder automatically | No |
| Share files or folders by link with password and expiry | Yes |
| Restore deleted files and earlier versions | Partly |
| Preview many file types in the browser | Yes |
| Shared team folders | Yes |
Web drive and image host for your own S3-compatible bucket, with share links, WebDAV and team spaces
- What a Dropbox user would miss
- Automatic desktop folder sync and file version history.
- What it adds
- Files are stored in your own S3-compatible bucket and browsers upload to it directly through presigned URLs.
- Yes Store files online and open them from any device. Web drive on your own S3-compatible bucket.
- No Desktop app that syncs a local folder automatically. Sync clients are marked planned; WebDAV mounting only.
- Yes Share files or folders by link with password and expiry. Share links with password, expiry and download limit.
- Partly Restore deleted files and earlier versions. Trash with restore; no version history is documented.
- Yes Preview many file types in the browser. Image, video, audio and document previews.
- Yes Shared team folders. Team spaces with members, roles, files and quotas.
Sources:github.com/saltbo/zpan#readmezpan.space/docs/user-guide/files-and-folders/www.dropbox.com/features